There’s talk of a sweetness code for bottles of Alsace. Having been to the New Zealand tasting recently and not known what to expect with each Riesling I think perhaps they may need to follow this lead.

Interesting story from the Australian newspaper The Herald Sun here, claiming that the rapid rate of increase in Chinese wine production means that they will overtake Australia within three years. Interesting too is the sub heading: “Growth poses no threat to Aussie imports”…